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Treasurer Beth Vandroff and incoming president Carolyn Kofler
    By
  • Yaryna Klimchak
  • September 4, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY : SK Kiwanis Lunch and Meeting

The Siesta Key Kiwanis club met Wednesday, Sept. 4, at Cafe Bacci for their weekly meeting and lunch. Sarasota County Fire Department Chief Kevin Easton was their guest speaker and discussed what to do if a vehicle is submerged in water, flash flooding, hydroplaning, and the role of the county fire department.

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
Digital Content Producer Alex Mahadevan tested the new non-lethal weaponry Tuesday, Sept. 3, during a media event.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • September 4, 2013
VIDEO: Sarasota Police test new tasers

The Sarasota Police Department has upgraded its sworn officers' equipment to the new X2 Taser.

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The main gallery at GWIZ has been closed to the public since September 2012, which prompted City Manager Tom Barwin to inform management for the children's science museum they were violating their lease.
    By
  • David Conway
  • September 4, 2013
GWIZ to close permanently

At Tuesday's City Commission meeting, city staff reported the children's science museum would be turning its building over to the city, thus ending its operations.

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After a year and a half of offering free parking at the Palm Avenue garage, the city will soon begin to charge those who park there for more than 90 minutes in an attempt to generate revenue for the city's parking division.
    By
  • David Conway
  • September 4, 2013
Paid parking approved for Palm Avenue garage

The City Commission narrowly approved the reinstitution of paid parking at the garage Tuesday in an attempt to offset the parking division's budget deficit.

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The shirtless suspect was acting suspicious in the store an hour before the incident, and the clerk thought he saw a gun in the man's clothing.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • September 4, 2013
Sarasota Police seek robbery suspect

Detectives are looking for a man who demanded cash from a 7-Eleven on North Washington Boulevard this morning.

  • Sarasota
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The Sarasota Christian volleyball team defeated Port Charlotte Community School 3-0 Sept. 3.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • September 4, 2013
Sarasota Christian cruises to victory

The Sarasota Christian volleyball team defeated Port Charlotte Community School 25-15, 25-8, 25-10 Sept. 3.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Allie M., Ashlyn Dobson, Lillian B. and Ella J. spend time at the math table.
    By
  • Heather Merriman Saba
  • September 4, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: First Day of Preschool at St. Boniface

Pre-school students head back to school Tuesday, Sept. 3, at St. Boniface Episcopal Church.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Antonio Olivieri, 77, was last seen at 8 p.m. Tuesday, at his home on the 2900 block of Novus Street.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • September 4, 2013
Sarasota Police seek missing man

A Statewide Silver Alert has been issued for 77-year-old Antonio Olivieri, who was last seen at 8 p.m. Tuesday.

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We stopped by the Anna Maria Oyster Bar's landside "halfway" location, at 6906 14th St.
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • September 4, 2013
IN THE KITCHEN WITH: Anna Maria Oyster Bar

This week we went in the kitchen with owner John Horne, and chef Tim Swafford, of Anna Maria Oyster Bar, for mussels Provencal. Get the full recipe and watch an instructional video in this week's In the Kitchen.

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Lakewood Ranch senior Lauren Owen goes up for a block during the Lady Mustangs 3-0 victory over Sarasota Sept. 3.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • September 3, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Lakewood Ranch Volleyball vs. Sarasota

The Lakewood Ranch High volleyball team defeated Sarasota 25-18, 25-18, 25-20 Sept. 3.

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    By
  • Nolan Peterson
  • September 3, 2013
SKVA praises plans for Siesta Trolley

The SKVA met for its monthly general meeting Tuesday; discussions included the recent approval of a SCAT-operated trolley service for Siesta Key.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
Jon Iglehart, of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, presented Tim Holliday, of Children's World, with the Department Recycling Recognition Award Wednesday, Aug. 28
    By
  • Nick Friedman
  • September 3, 2013
Children's World receives state recognition for recycling

Jon Iglehart, of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, presented the store with the Department Recycling Recognition Award Wednesday, Aug. 28

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Witnesses called deputies after a man wearing a blue button-down shirt, jeans and a black mask, and toting a pistol led employees to the back of the restaurant and took the cash.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • September 3, 2013
Masked man robs Sarasota McDonald's

A masked man robbed the McDonald's at 5554 Fruitville Road after 4 a.m. this morning.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • David Conway
  • September 3, 2013
DID talks downtown restaurant restrictions

One DID board member is hoping the district will consider limiting the space restaurants can occupy downtown in an effort to encourage a better mix of retail developments.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Sarasota County deputies arrested two men at the beginning of what looked to be an ambitious cloned credit card scheme Friday, Aug. 30, according to a Sheriff's Office news release.
    By
  • Alex Mahadevan
  • September 3, 2013
Deputies arrest two men for credit card scheme

Sarasota County deputies found 120 fake credit cards in the possession of two Lehigh Acres men Friday, Aug. 30.

  • Sarasota
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